Although Tang Xiaohao knew what it meant to break through oneself, he had no idea how to break through oneself. The reason why he wanted to learn how to possess magical powers was because he was keenly aware that the Nanrong family seemed to want to use those things called Guijia
There was another storm on the Jiuyuan, which had never been calmed down in the first place.
The day before yesterday, at the Sihai Inn, at the beginning of Xiao Xuan's change, the sharp weapons in the hands of Liao Yanqi and the soldiers of the Shendu Army could not cause any substantial harm to Xiao Xuan who had turned into Guijia. If Sang Luo hadn't appeared in time to kill Xiao Xuan,
, it is still unknown how many people in Shendu City will be infected.
At that time, Tang Xiaohao noticed the talisman used by Sang Luo, and the phrase "Drive the dragon to drive Tai Chi, the Kunlun blood mirror reveals the true body". It should be a mantra, plus the talisman, and the two
The combination of the two is the so-called spell.
Wu Tianlu had previously explained that without the power of magic, the spell would be of no use. This is why Tang Xiaohao wanted to learn the power of magic. He felt the threat from Guijia.
But how can it be so easy to break through oneself? The most important thing is that within two or three days, Sang Luo will send Wu Tianlu away from the Divine Capital City.
Will he really send his eldest brother to leave Shendu City safely? Thinking of this, Tang Xiaohao became a little uneasy.
Although there is a 17-year age difference between him and Sang Luo, Tang Xiaohao understands Sang Luo's character quite well. He can sum it up in sixteen words - kindness does not control soldiers, emotion does not establish affairs, justice does not manage finances, kindness does not serve as an official.
In other words, although Sang Luo is only 35 years old, because of his talent and intelligence, and because he is the chief disciple of the former great counselor Hu Shen, it can be said that he sees things in the world very clearly. Therefore, he starts from reason in everything.
Absolutely no emotion.
Therefore, how could he send Wu Tianlu out of the city so easily? What's more, he probably wouldn't even let go of the civilians who survived in the Sihai Inn, right?
At this time, Wu Tianlu was thinking about another thing. Who was the person who attacked him that night? Looking back now, it was obvious that the person deliberately led him to the vicinity of Tang Mansion, and then kicked him off the wall.
The mysterious man's kick to Wu Tianlu was definitely not to hurt him. With that man's speed and strength, it would be easy to kill Wu Tianlu. So, did he do it on purpose?
Who is this person? Why did he do this?
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Under the imperial city gate, the armored counselor Zhu Lu was standing there waiting with a paper fan in his hand. Soon, he heard the sound of horse hooves and the collision of armor.
The sound came first before anyone arrived. The sound was heavy and neat, not messy at all, which meant that everything was safe and sound.
Zhu Lu adjusted his stance and stood with his chest raised and his back facing forward. When the leaders Tang Chen and Sang Luo came to him, he cupped his hands and said, "Zhu Lu, the counselor of the Iron Armored Guard, welcomes the general and the great counselor."
Tang Chen and Sang Luo stood up and dismounted. Tang Chen knew that they were alone and had something to say, so he said: "Great counselor, I will lead the soldiers back to each gate first. It will take about half an hour."
Sang Luo said: "I'm waiting here for the general."
After Tang Chen entered the imperial city with his troops, Sang Luo and Zhu Lu looked at each other, and then they both laughed.
Zhu Lu bowed towards the starry sky and said, "Thank you Jiutian for the safe return of the great counselor."
Sang Luo couldn't help but laugh and said: "You know the result clearly, but you are still pretending."
Zhu Lu said: "I have been worried all day long, for fear that something might happen."
Sang Luo naturally didn't believe it: "Except for my teacher, you are the one who knows me best in the world. Why are you so worried?"
Zhu Lu said: "Although I knew that you would definitely send the military talisman back in advance to reassure the emperor, I did not expect that you would send someone to deliver the military talisman to General Tang and ask him to return it to the emperor."
Sang Luo asked: "You really didn't expect that?"
Zhu Lu shook his head: "I didn't expect that you were taking too many risks, and the military talisman is not a toy."
Sang Luo explained: "Tang Chen was the most trusted waiter outside the palace by Emperor Shunhe back then, and he is now the bridge between the emperor and the Nanrong family. Because of this, I dared to take this risk."
Zhu Lu asked: "Did you get the news in advance that something would happen in the city of God, or was it just a precautionary measure?"
"In everything I do, I will first speculate on the worst outcome, and then work backwards to calculate how to act." Sang Luo looked up at the starry sky, "I really didn't expect that Guijia would appear in the city of God, or the kind of Guijia who loses his humanity and mind, let alone
What I didn't expect was that Tang Xiaohao was also at the Sihai Inn, and this incident was also related to him. Guess what is the scariest thing?"
Zhu Lu thought for a moment and then said: "Is it possible that Tang Xiaohao guessed that you did not carry the military talisman yourself, but sent others to send the military talisman back?"
Sang Luo's face became extremely ugly: "Yes, but he definitely didn't guess, he just speculated."
Zhu Lu was very relaxed: "Didn't you two have a good time reminiscing at the inn these two days?"
Reminiscing about the past? Hearing this, Sang Luo's mind went back to 8 years ago.
Eight years ago, Sang Luo was 27 years old, and Tang Xiaohao had just turned 10.
At that time, Emperor Shunhe was still on the throne, and the former great counselor Hu Shen was about to step down. Naturally, it was Sang Luo who succeeded him as the new great counselor.
After Hu Shen resigned from the post of Great Counselor, according to the rules of the imperial court, he had to go to Jixian Academy to serve as a bachelor of Jixian University.
In layman's terms, Jixianyuan is the place where the dignitaries of the imperial court went to school. Jixianyuan was originally called Jixian Hall. It was established by Emperor Dingyuan, the founding emperor of the Dachang Dynasty. It was originally intended to bring together talented people from all over the world, and was later renamed.
It was called Jixian Yuan. Later, during the period of Emperor Shunhe, Jixian Yuan was used to train court advisers.
Those who are in charge of Jixian Academy are the great counselors of the imperial court after retiring, and are called Jixian Bachelors or Grand Scholars. Before leaving office, Jixian Bachelors must select children aged 5 to 8 from all over the country, and those selected can enter the Jixian Academy.
They will study in Xianyuan, and then select one or two of these children to become the apprentices of the current great counselor, who will be personally trained by the current great counselor to become his successor.
Therefore, Sang Luo was not selected by Hu Shen himself, but by Hu Shen's teacher. He then stood out from dozens of children and became Hu Shen's disciple. In the same way, Sang Luo's current disciple is not himself.
The selection was made by Hu Shen before leaving office.
At that time, because Tang Xiaohao was already 10 years old and overage, he was not considered. However, Nanrong Qufeng repeatedly begged, hoping that Hu Shen could meet Tang Xiaohao. Even if he could not be recruited into Jixianyuan, he could still be a little bit more
Evaluation, point the way for this child.
At that time, neither Hu Shen nor Sang Luo thought much about it, and it was difficult to refute Nanrong Qufeng's reputation, so they had no choice but to agree to go to the Tang Mansion to meet Tang Xiaohao.
Sang Luo still remembers that when he first saw Tang Xiaohao, if Tang Xiaohao hadn't been wearing men's clothes, he would have thought he was a girl. Normally, boys can be described as handsome, handsome and spirited, but Tang Xiaohao
But it can be described as beautiful, like androgyny.
However, precisely because of this, Sang Luo became prejudiced against Tang Xiaohao, thinking that children with such an appearance generally have no brains, not to mention that he is already over his age.
Above the main hall, after Tang Xiaohao saluted Hu Shen and Sang Luo, he went to the corner to play alone. He used the wood of different shapes to build small buildings that no one else could understand. He had a lot of fun alone.
Sang Luo also found it ridiculous when he saw this. This child is already 10 years old, but he is still playing with this kind of thing? You must know that he was already a scholar when he was 11 years old.
At this time, someone from the court came to report the war ahead with the Ruiyuan Yan tribe.
Counting from that time, 7 years ago, Nanrong Qufeng and Tang Chen served as the main and deputy generals, and Sang Luo served as the military advisor to put down the rebellion of the Rouyuan Torsi tribe.
Although the rebellion was finally put down, the Torsi tribe surrendered again and sent hostages to the city of Shendu. However, because the Yan tribe in Ruiyuan in the northeast respected their own troops and kept sending people to persuade the Torsi tribe to join forces with them to raise troops to resist the imperial court, Ruiyuan
The Yan clan was still a serious concern of the imperial court, and the Tuoersi tribe was always swinging back and forth.
At that time, Tang Chen was very worried and said to Hu Shen: "Great counselor, the reason why the Yan tribe of Ruiyuan wants to unite with the Tuoersi tribe of Ruiyuan is actually because they are worried that if they attack Huayuan, they will be in danger.
When we entered the capital city, we were flanked by the Thorsi tribe of Rouyuan. Now the battle ahead is intense and the two sides are in a stalemate. What should we do next?"
Although Tang Chen was already the commander of the Iron Armored Guard at that time, he was also extremely concerned about the war ahead.
Hu Shen did not answer, but glanced at Sang Luo.
After understanding, Sang Luo said: "Now the imperial court and the Yan tribe of Ruiyuan are in a stalemate under Gucheng, and the Tuoers tribe has made many excuses not to send troops. It is obvious that they want to reap the benefits. No matter it is the imperial court or the Yan tribe of Ruiyuan,
Whoever wins or loses, it will be beneficial to the Torsi tribe. Although the imperial army occupied Gucheng, they could not attack it. Even if they did, Ruiyuan was too deep and the people there did not trust the imperial court. In the end, they still retreated to Gucheng, so
, this battle cannot be won or lost, we can only find a way to temporarily cease the war."
Tang Chen asked again: "However, the Yan tribe in Ruiyuan is coming fiercely. According to the intelligence compiled by Ruiyuan, the Tuoersi Department is also considering whether to raise troops again. I think that apart from asking the court to send more troops to Gucheng, there is no other option for the time being."
There is another way."
Just when Sang Luo was about to say something, Tang Xiaohao's childish voice sounded from the corner: "Such a simple matter needs to be discussed for so long? Aren't you tired?"
Tang Chen heard this and immediately said: "Xiao Hao, we are discussing something, you go out to play."
Hu Shen asked: "Son, why do you say this is easy? In your opinion, what should be done?"
Tang Xiaohao raised his head and glanced at Hu Shen, but did not get up and continued to play with his toys: "Wouldn't it be solved by handing Gucheng to the Torsi Department?"
As soon as these words came out, the first person whose expression suddenly changed was Sang Luo, because it was Sang Luo who thought of the truce.
Tang Chen didn't understand what it meant, so he just said sternly: "Get out!"
Tang Xiaohao packed up his toys and was about to leave, but Hu Shen stood up and walked up to him and asked, "Tell me, why did you give Gucheng to the Torsi Department?"
Tang Xiaohao held the pile of wood and looked at Hu Shen and said: "If I remember correctly, when my grandfather and father were ordered to attack the Torsi tribe many years ago, it was because they captured the valley city occupied by the Torsi tribe.
A stronghold to establish a foothold. Otherwise, where would the supplies of the army come from? Where would they rest? Even the food and supplies sent by the imperial court had nowhere to store them. Would they just be placed in the wilderness waiting for a sneak attack by the Torsi tribe? "
Tang Chen was stunned, never expecting that his son would remember this. Although he had never told Tang Xiaohao these things, when he recalled the past with Nanrong Qufeng at home, Tang Xiaohao was playing next to him.
It turned out that the child actually wrote down all the past events he mentioned while playing.
Sang Luo swallowed and looked at Tang Xiaohao, who had an impatient expression on his face in front of Hu Shen.
Hu Shen asked again: "So, if Gucheng is returned to the Torsi tribe now, won't the Northern Expedition lose its meaning?"
Tang Xiaohao frowned: "How could it be meaningless? There are two reasons why the Torsi tribe has not agreed to the Yan tribe's raising of troops. First, they have hostages in the court, and secondly, the Torsi tribe and the Yan tribe have always been at odds with each other.
, the imperial court has written many times in Tang newspapers in the past that the Yan tribe often plundered the Tuoersi tribe to expand their sphere of influence, and also turned the captive Tuoersi tribesmen into slaves. The Huayuan where we are located is about 50 kilometers away.
It was originally far away, but Ruiyuan, where the Yan clan is located, is close to Rouyuan. The people of the Tuoersi tribe should also understand the principle of making friends from afar and attacking closely. Therefore, if Gucheng is returned to the Tuoersi tribe, they will naturally keep an eye on the Yan clan on behalf of the court.
, the Yan clan is weak and naturally retreats, won’t this matter be solved?”
Tang Xiaohao's explanation made Tang Chen, Hu Shen and Sang Luo in the main hall stunned and shocked.
Although Tang Chen knew that his son was smart, he didn't expect that he actually knew these things. Although Tang Chen also secretly found someone to teach his son knowledge, he was still young and never let him get involved in these things. This kid actually secretly
I was reading past Chaotingtang newspapers at home.
The most surprising person was Sang Luo, because before that, the conceited Sang Luo despised Tang Xiaohao for being far inferior to himself back then, and even thought that he had seen the child's future destiny. Unexpectedly, Tang Xiaohao soon used practical actions to severely punish
He gave Sang Luo a slap in the face.
Hu Shen had a smile on his face: "What a great friend from far away and close at hand."
The solution that Hu Shen came up with was also "diplomacy at a distance and attack at the near". We must know that military action is always a means, never an end.
Tang Chen came to his senses and immediately asked Tang Xiaohao to go out and play by himself.
After Tang Xiaohao said goodbye to Hu Shen and Sang Luo, he ran out with his pile of toys and fell down on the steps. When he got up, he was still cursing, and he was completely different from when he was explaining seriously.
Sang Luo was trembling all over when he saw this, because this was the first time he saw the wrong person, and it was also the first time he was defeated by someone. The person who defeated him turned out to be a 10-year-old child.
At this time, Tang Chen cupped his fists and said, "My subordinate has no way of teaching his son. The dog is talking nonsense. Please don't take offense. Most importantly, I beg the great counselor not to spread today's incident to outsiders."
Tang Chen's words made Hu Shen immediately understand why Nanrong Qufeng wanted him to see Tang Xiaohao.
Nanrong Qufeng wanted Hu Shen to come and see if the child was a threat. In other words, the child's life and death was now in Hu Shen's hands.
Hu Shen simply replied: "Don't worry, General."
Later, when Hu Shen saw Nan Rong Qu Feng, he only used the sentence "Mud can't hold up the wall" to describe Tang Xiaohao. Although Nan Rong Qu Feng was regretful when he heard this, his expression could not hide his joy.
Tang Xiaohao also escaped death when he was 10 years old.
It was also that day that Hu Shen told Sang Luo that among the children he had seen, the only one who might surpass Sang Luo and pose a threat to Sang Luo in the future was Tang Xiaohao.
However, Sang Luo knew that even if he had been selected as a scholar when he was 11 years old, the things and truths he knew when he was 10 years old were far inferior to Tang Xiaohao.
Is this dog that Tang Chen calls really a threat in the future? Will he threaten himself or the Dachang Dynasty?
Sang Luo didn't know and didn't dare to speculate. This chapter has been completed!